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Month: August 2007

Another video from the X | MEDIA | LABS event. This one is with Liz Heller, CEO of US-based marketing company BUZZTONE. We chatted about the idea of “buzz” marketing and the future of the music business (prior to starting Buzztone, Liz was an Executive Vice President at Capital Records).

For those of you on my Twitter list, it was Liz that gave me the demo of her iPhone.

Become part of the G’Day World conversation.

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If I knew how to link directly to those groups from here, I would. But I don’t. So for now you just need to search for them in-world. Or you can add “Cameron Switchblade” to your friends and check out the groups I belong to.

Ewan Spence (TPN’s Rock Show, PSP Show, Edinburgh Festival Show… have I forgotten any??) spoke on a panel in Edinburgh yesterday about the future of TV. Read Kevin Anderson’s coverage for The Guardian (and watch for my video podcast inteview with Kevin that’ll be up here in a few days). Read Ewan’s statements in the article and then tell me if he reminds you of anyone…

Via Terraminds, here is a random selection of responses to the eclipse from Twitter tonight:

jimmykramer Wondering why i watched the eclipse. less than one minute ago
taterunino @Mercy I’ve never seen an eclipse. less than one minute ago
steakknives Watching the lunar eclipse. less than one minute ago
ihavecooties A lot of stars look red tonight. Is that an eclipse thing, or have I just not been paying attention? 1 minute ago
Peachiemoon watching lunar eclipse! ^_^* 1 minute ago
nungana is observing a lunar eclipse. 1 minute ago
tow314 just looked at the lunar eclipse 1 minute ago
muffuletta Observando el eclipse lunar. 1 minute ago
benbarren more people on mordy pier as i run out day as they look 4 eclipse if the ‘eart 2 minutes ago
melissaox I can see the lunar eclipse on my way to work. 🙂 2 minutes ago
thetappingman Trying to watch moon eclipse http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/lunaeclipse2007/mooncam.html 3 minutes ago
RobinInSeoul Did anyone actually see the eclipse? Too cloudy/smoggy to see anything here. 3 minutes ago
Chuckumentary Too stormy too see the lunar eclipse in MN. 3 minutes ago
starlajo went out to look at the eclipse. it looked rad, but outside was freeeeeeezing and then it clouded over. 4 minutes ago
mjollnir Post eclipse wine at sweet mother’s kitchen…. [tiny twitter] 4 minutes ago
Kitta Telling the clouds to go away so I can see the eclipse. 4 minutes ago
mightymur insomnia again. But if I’d remembered the eclipse, I would have gotten up instead of staying in bed trying in vain to sleep. blast. 4 minutes ago
VBrown Done for the night. Gotta get some sleep for work tomorrow. Was a beautiful lunar eclipse. Just wish the sky was a little less cloudy. 5 minutes ago
skytrystsjoy @jhando what lunar eclipse? I can hardly even see the moon it’s sort of red and blotchy 5 minutes ago
isiscolo Totality, yay, and then a big cloud crept across the sky. So much for the rest of the eclipse. I need to sleep more, anyway. 5 minutes ago
emp Jumping out of bed for a bit to watch the eclipse. Opening a Pellegrino and texting sweet nothings to all my remote honeys. I’m romantic … 7 minutes ago
KenyB Got to see the lunar eclipse and it wasn’t freezing cold out! ^^ 7 minutes ago
orbis_quintus lunar eclipse not the most spectacular i’ve seen, but the sky was exceptionally clear to view stars themselves. Five falling stars too. 8 minutes ago
Jakeness Watching the lunar eclipse! The moon is red! 9 minutes ago
Mercy It’s a beautiful eclipse. Glad you’re all here to share it with me, even those of you who can’t see it. 9 minutes ago
prat The eclipse is now total. The moon is red! 9 minutes ago
Allanahk I posted a better photo with the red colours showing now the eclipse is in full swing. 9 minutes ago
pdow didn’t think i’d be awake, didn’t think the fog would let diana through; total eclipse over san francisco, ruddy moon. 10 minutes ago
karlbright Eclipse ftw! 11 minutes ago
copano Llegue a la radio. Me saludo Filito. Hay Eclipse de luna. Transmiten 3×3 11 minutes ago
silvergull Lunar eclipse = Wow! 12 minutes ago
rberger Total Lunar eclipse over Silicon Valley. The Moon as a smouldering bal of fire 12 minutes ago
R2C13 Taking pics of the eclipse. Hot, muggy and texas sized mosquitos attacking me. Oh, and I suck at night photography. Why am I doing this 12 minutes ago
wildriverblum watching the total eclipse of the moon…spectacular 13 minutes ago
l0k1 watching lunar eclipse 13 minutes ago
onebortup Lunar eclipse is startling … Walked down the street, looked up, gasped. One of the most amazing things I’ve seen. 13 minutes ago
Apollia Ongoing lunar eclipse will be astrologically exact at 6:35 AM EDT, according to freeware Astrolog 5.40. http://astrolog.org/ 13 minutes ago
JVB Me and my wife just saw our first Lunar Eclipse. Pretty flocking awesome. 13 minutes ago
CyprianoHawaii Lunar eclipse! The clouds moved far away-the eclipse is in totality! The stars are really visible now, unlike before the eclipse. Way cool! 14 minutes ago
mollydotcom hope someone eclipse watching has a really good camera. Out of umbra and headed toward totality. Dark, with an amazing orange glow 14 minutes ago
bbqmag full lunar eclipse: a glow-in-the-dark bouncy ball. 14 minutes ago
JaceFuse Why is it that so many came to me this morning to confirm that there is supposed to be an eclipse? Yes, I scheduled it. 15 minutes ago
CyprianoHawaii Lunar eclipse!T he clouds moved far away- the eclipse is in totality! The stars are really visible now, unlike before the eclipse. Way cool! 15 minutes ago
TheCosmicJester Swimming by the light of a total eclipse 15 minutes ago

Let’s say you wanted to know what people on Twitter had been saying about… Telstra, for example.

tehdeejay Ok twitteroos, answer me this: is it negligence for an IT company to recommend Telstra retail products for all their business clients? 12 hours ago
jordanbrock day wasted in a fog of telstra and vista. grrrrr. 18 hours ago
CathyE @zzap who will you pay out about Telstra broadband now?! 😛 19 hours ago
harrisonx @andrewbarnett my sister moved to three from telstra last month because telstra’s cap plans are a waste of time. go with three, better value 1 day ago
andrewbarnett Does Telstra 3G offer any cap plans comparable to Three, etc.? Paid $80 for calls last month on Telstra, would have been $20 elsewhere. 1 day ago
jjprojects @NickHodge So the N95 / Telstra NextG combo is a good one then? 1 day ago
NickHodge Dear Telstra NextG. I Love u. Nick 1 day ago

The TPN servers crashed 15 times in the last 24 hours and we don’t know why. I really need a server admin guru to help us get to the bottom of it. Anyone out there a jedi in Apache, etc, and want to help a brother out? I’ll make it worth your while. If you run or work for an IT shop and are willing to help out, I’ll give you free advertising on TPN. Get your brand out to 500,000 people a month.

Richard, Ian and Garth joined me last night to discuss porn filters, Australian values, strip clubs and other rubbish. If you think you can sense heavy editing in this show… you are right. I won’t say why.

Become part of the G’Day World conversation.

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If I knew how to link directly to those groups from here, I would. But I don’t. So for now you just need to search for them in-world. Or you can add “Cameron Switchblade” to your friends and check out the groups I belong to.

The news that Ray Martin is leaving Channel Nine is all over the news today… unless you look at Channel Nine’s website, Ninemsn. There is nothing to be seen on their frontpage. You can find the story if you search their website, but it’s buried deep. So… who makes the decision at Ninemsn what is and isn’t news? Are they biased in what they give coverage to? You decide.